Listeria monocytogenes

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive foodborne pathogen that causes a severe, but rare foodborne disease. A publication by published by Scallan et al.¹ in 2011 estimated that 1455 human foodborne listeriosis cases, including 255 deaths, occur annually in the US.

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne listeriosis include:

Wiedmann laboratory, Cornell University

Nightingale laboratory, Colorado State University

Sofos laboratory, Colorado State University 

Oliver laboratory, Purdue University

Buhnia laboratory, Purdue University

Ryser laboratory, Michigan State University

Zhang labortory, Illinois Institute of Technology

  References
¹ Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15